GPT Image 2 API leads on human preference — 1337 vs 1142 Elo (#1 of 158 in the Image Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
| Human-preference Elo | 1142 | 1337 |
| Arena rank | #50 of 158 | #1 of 158 |
| Category | text-to-image | text-to-image |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, GPT Image 2 API currently rates higher (1337 vs 1142 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are text to image models available as hosted API endpoints — Wan 2.5 Text to Image (fal-ai/wan-25-preview/text-to-image) and GPT Image 2 API (openai/gpt-image-2).
See the full best text-to-image models ranking.